Blog Entry for 10-17-2010

Blog Entry for 10-17-2010

            ¿Qué tal amigos?  This week was a short week because of the Lisbon trip.  We had class on Wednesday and Thursday this week only.  But we did start our new classes so that was actually nice to have a kind of introduction to the classes without having a full first week of them.  My new classes seem like they will be interesting, but they should keep me very busy.  Already after just two days of class we have a ton of homework to be done for Monday.  The Literature class I think is going to be a difficult class for me.  I’ll need to really stay on top of things to make sure I don’t mess up my grade.  We’ve already started reading things that are very difficult to understand. 

            In conversation my Spanish I feel like is not bad, but as soon as we deviate into a specific topic the entire vocabulary changes.  It is the same way in English too, but I’ve just never had to think about it.  I was trying to watch a Spanish movie that was based in the 1700s on an old war ship, and all the words that are specific to that area were new for me.  I know I missed a lot of details in that movie J  Oh well.  There are still people that when they talk I’m not even sure if they are speaking Spanish haha.  It very much depends on the topic and the person that dictates my level of Spanish.  It is getting better though, just slowly. 

            This week I worked Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday so that I could try to get some hours for this short week.  They have started to leave me a court to be in charge of a class by myself.  It is pretty fun, but it can be pretty stressful and frustrating.  There is always someone on the court beside me that can help me if I need them too, but I try not to bother them much with stuff.  And usually if I’m working for someone they stay kind of close in case I need help with something.  On Thursday, however, I did several hours of classes by myself!  My main boss lady, Eva, had to get a lot of paper work done for a tournament, and she had to come a little late because her kids were sick.  It is pretty fun to work there but….. after I work I’m always exhausted both physically and mentally.  All in all things have been very good this week.  I’m hoping next week keeps the trend going. 

José